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Load-haul-dumps (LHDs), 41 air quality and dust monitoring, 85–86
Logarithmic regression analysis, 4, 6f belt ventilation and dust control, 88
Longwall coal mining, 36–37, 303–304 continuous miner faces and sections, in coal
CMM emission control, 185 mines
longwall-cutting drums, noise controls for auxiliary exhaust fans, 87
(see Noise control of mining continuous miner dust control, 87–88
equipment) European mines, 86
Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), methane control, 87
27, 27t room-and-pillar mining method, US
Lower explosibility limit (LEL), 86 underground coal mining, 86
design and planning, 85
fire and explosion prevention, refuge
M chambers
MATLAB, 76–77 blasting, 92
Mayan culture, 53–54 boreholes, 93
Mechanical mine fans, 83 face ignitions, prevention of, 93–94
Metal-matrix composites (MMCs), 266 gob gas explosions, prevention of, 94
Metal-nonmetal (M/NM) mines, 202 metal and nonmetal mines, 92
Methane (CH 4 ), 180, 182–183. See also Coal spontaneous combustion, prevention
mine methane (CMM) of, 95
Methane drainage boreholes, 87 Kirchhoff’s laws, 84
Microphone phased array (MPA) technology, longwall faces, coal mines
218, 236, 236f bleeder ventilation systems, 89–90
Million British thermal units (MMBTU), “H” configuration, 89, 89f
161–162 progressively sealed gobs, 90–92, 91f
Million metric tonnes of CO 2 equivalent “U”-type ventilation, 89, 89f
(MMTCO 2 E), 183 metal and nonmetal mines, 96
Mine Improvement and New Emergency Ohm’s law, 84
Response (MINER) Act, 14–15, 22, ventilation controls, 83
92, 121 VOD, 83
Miner wearable component (MWC), 102–103 Mining mode, 111–112
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 22 Mining research. See Research, in coal
Mine Safety and Health Administration mining industry
(MSHA), 1–2, 12, 46, 88, 216, Miscanthus giganteus, 288
303–304 Mobile mining machine, 107
coal mine safety and health, 21–23 Monocular camera, 105
DPM, regulatory impact Moura coal mine, 45
metal-nonmetal mines, 202 Mulch, 290–291
underground coal mines, 201–202
N
impact inspections, 23
proximity detection systems, 101–102 National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Rules to Live By initiative, 23–24 Health (NIOSH), 25, 85–86, 101, 201,
striking and pinning accidents, 101–102 215
Mine Safety Technology and Training hemi-anechoic chamber
Commission (MSTTC), 26 CMM in, 236, 236f
Mine-soil construction, 280–282 roof bolter in, 229, 229f
Mine ventilation networks mining research program, 309
air cooling and refrigeration, 96–97 National Mining Association (NMA), 1, 26,
airflow resistance, 84 42, 173